Josh Gibson, one of the greatest sluggers in the history of the Negro Leagues, could become big league baseball’s single-season batting average record holder with the .441 mark he set 77 years ago.

In baseball, statistics offer the comfort of order and certainty, though their greatest power is as a proxy for legacy. Mere symbols on a page — 61*, 714, .406 — make it possible to reach back in time ...

When Babe Ruth was dominating baseball, he was bigger in physical size than most of the other players. When he set a then-record 60 home runs in 1927, he stood 6-foot-2 and weighed about 215 pounds.

Cy Young's career ended over a century ago, but his legacy lives on in the award named in his honor that celebrates the best pitcher in each league every year. He is a fitting source of aspiration as ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dan has written 41 books and more than 25,000 articles about baseball. Target Field, home of the Minnesota Twins, will host ...

Welcome to MLB Tiers, part of an ongoing rankings series at The Athletic, where we’ll judge everything from playoff teams to uniforms — heck, maybe even concessions — during the season. One of the ...

Hundreds of Black athletes who were shut out of Major League Baseball a century ago are now officially a part of it. The MLB announced on Wednesday that it has incorporated the statistics of more than ...

It's turning into a historic September for Major League Baseball. Two of the game's great hitters, Aaron Judge and Albert Pujols, are moving toward remarkable batting records. Judge hit his 61st home ...

When it comes to statistics and records, no other sport comes close to matching baseball’s muscle. Football may have surpassed baseball as America’s favorite sport but none of the numbers or records ...

It's presumptuous to classify certain records as marks that will last forever. After all, records were made to be broken. Still, some of them might withstand the tests of time a bit longer than others ...